22 - Sunday, Aprii 23, 1989 - North Shore News

Parents learn to work with scheeols

PARENTS CAN learn how to
work more effectively with the
school system at an upcoming
workshop entitled

History
of B.C.
discussed

HOW DID the Nuu-Chah-Nulth
(Nootka) people hunt whales?
Why was the whale hunt so impor-
tant? Where was the whalers’
shrine on Vancouver Island?

Get the answers to these and
other questions at an illustrated
talk by Kevin Neary, an an-
thropologist with the Royal British
Columbia Museum.

Neary will visit the North Van-
couver Outdoor School (Con-
ference Centre) in Brackendale on
Wednesday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m.
and Sherwood Park School, 4085
Dollar Rd., in Deep Cove on
Thursday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m.

Admission to the program is
free.

Participants will learn about the
research conducted at Yuquot
(Friendly Cove) by Kevin Neary
and other members of the museum
research team.

-The Royal British Columbia
Museum organizes speakers’ tours
in the spring and fall to expose as
many. British Columbians as
possible to the results of its scien-
tific work.

“‘More than 40 communities in
British Columbia will have oppor-
tunities to learn about our
fascinating province,’’ said Rita
Johnston, Minister of Municipal
Affairs, Recreation and Culture.
“Staff of the Royal British Col-
umbia Museum expect to reach at
least 5,000 individuals during a
schedule which begins April 24 and
continues until June 8.’’

SCOUTS CANADA

Parents...Partners in Education.

Co-sponsored by the Family
Support Institute, the Joint Educa-
tion Committee of the North Shore
Association for the Mentally
Handicapped and the North Shore
Association for the Physically
Handicapped and the North Van-
couver School Board, the event
takes place on Saturday, April 29
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the con-
ference room of the Curriculum
Services Centre, 810 W. 21st St.,
North Vancouver.

“Parents are the guides, the
prime educators and responsible
for their child’s total education.
When a child has special needs or
different learning styles involve-
ment of the parents at school is
most important,”’ say event orga-
nizers.

The workshop will focus on how

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parents can be most effective in
working with school personnel and
other parents to help their children
reach their potential in school. The
tole of parents and their rights in
the processes of assessment,
placement and planning will be
covered.

Presenters are Marty Wittman, a
parent, teacher, BCMHP (British
Columbians for Mentally Handi-
capped People) member and a
founder of Vancouver’s Integra-
tion Action Group, and Al Etman-
ski, a parent and executive director
of BCMHP.,

The fee for the workshop is $10
per person or $15 per couple. Cof=
fee and lunch are included.

Foxy further information or to
register call Pam Harris at 984-
0534, Gerda Dodson at 985-3745
or Pat Cattermole at 929-4596.

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